Dear devs,

It's NEVER ok to lock people out of a webapp because their User-Agent doesn't match your predefined list. 😡

Especially webapps they need to manage their healthcare.

(I am in fact using one of the browsers on this list, your code just isn't able to tell.)

:boost_love: Please boost for basic education.

#webdev

@kitsune

💯

I don't mind a disclaimer or reminder.

But this is an anti-pattern I've seen start to creep up on several web sites lately.

:google: :android: ⚠️ If you use a version of #Android distributed by #Google, they've been spying on your calls and SMS without your permission.

This is great time to de-Google with an AOSP-based OS focused on #privacy like #GrapheneOS. :grapheneos:

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/

@pixelcode Precisely. I am not aware of any version of Android distributed by Google that does *not* ship with com.google.android.dialer and com.google.android.messages, but by all means @frumble please clarify where I am wrong.

@be .be domains?

If Mike's story has you curious to learn more, the full interview is available for streaming in a few parts totaling close to 3 hours: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504722

Written transcript (PDF): https://collections.ushmm.org/oh_findingaids/RG-50.030.0240_trs_en.pdf

When I was 12 years old I was volunteering at a museum. One day I noticed one of the adult volunteers had a number 65316 tattooed on his arm so I asked him about it.

He told me, and his story taught me an awful lot about the world.

And you can take 3 minutes to watch, listen, and learn from him too.

🕯️ #HolocaustRemembranceDay

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/oral-history/miso-michael-vogel-describes-arrival-at-auschwitz

@sudoreboot I've been impressed with the performance of Hydrogen on mobile browsers for lower end and older devices. https://github.com/vector-im/hydrogen-web/